AMPULLARIA. 



Species 122. (Fig. a, b, c, Mus. Cuming.) 

 Ampiu,l.\ria elegans. Amp. testa turbimtd, solidd, vu 

 umhilicatd, spird mbexmrtd, atifractibm convexis, sub- 

 an^ustis, prope suturam planatis, Icevibus ; lutescente- 

 aU)d,fa/icm lineisque rubido-fusch cingulnld ; apertura 

 Totundato-omtd, panimcnld, fauce alba. 



The elegant Ampullaria. Shell turbinated, solid, 

 scarcely urabilicated, spire rather exserted, whorls 

 convex, rather nan-ow, flattened next the suture, 

 smooth; yellowish-white, encircled with red-brown 

 bauds and lines ; aperture rotundately ovate, rather 

 small, interior white. 



D'Orbigny, Mag. de Zool. 183.5, p. 33, Moll. Voy. dans 

 I'Arae'r. Me'rid. p. 378. pi. .52. f. 4 to 6. 



Hab. Rio Madeira, Tributary of the Amazon, Bolivia; 

 D'Orbigny. 



This species chiefly differs from A. Roissyi, to which it 

 is nearest allied, by its broader form of convolution, and 

 in the more depressed growth of the whorLs next the 



Species 123. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Ampullaria Ghiesbrechtii. Amp. testa globosd, soli- 

 diusculd, profundi umbilicatd, spird parvhisculd, de- 

 pressd, ajiice acuta, atifractibm rolundatis, undique 

 deamatim ma/leatis ; intense olivaced ; apertura pyri- 

 formi-ovatd, labro ejfuso, vivide rubido-miniato. 

 Ghiesbeecht's Ampullaria. Shell globose, rather solid, 

 deeply umbilicated, spire rather small, depressed, 

 sharp at the apex, whorls rounded, everywhere de- 

 cussately malleated ; dark olive; aperture pyriformly 

 ovate, lip effused, deep ruddy vermilion. 

 llab. Province of Chiapes, Mexico ; Ghiesbrecht. 



A remarkably fine species, of solid globose form, cha- 



racteristically malleated throughout, and having 

 cuous deep red aperture. 



Species 124. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 

 Ampullaria fumata. Amp. testa semiglolmd, obliqui 

 eff'iisd, angusfe umbilicatd, spird pared, acutd, anfrac- 

 tibus convexis, lavibtis, ultimo multo maxima ; olivaced, 

 adsuturamfulvescente, lineis nigricantibus cingitlatd ; 

 apertura ampld, labro plam-expanso, fauce fumm- 

 fusco tinctd et lintatd. 

 The smoked Ampullaria. Shell semiglobose, obliquely 

 effused, narrowly umbilicated, spire small, sharp, 

 whorls convex, smooth, the last one much the 

 largest ; olive, fulvous at the suture, encircled with 

 dark lines; aperture large, lip flatly expanded, in- 

 terior stained and lineated with smoky brown. 

 Hab. Province of Chiapes, Mexico ; Ghiesbrecht. 



Peculiarly distinguished by the flat expanded formation 

 of the lip, and the painting of the interior, which is 

 stained with shining smoky brown lines and tint. 



Species 125. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Ampullaria dira. Amp. testa subglobosd, minute an- 

 gusfe umbilicatd, anfractibus rotundatis, ad suturam 

 plannlatis, rude striatis; olivaceo-nigricante ; aper- 

 turd ovatd, labro simplici. 

 The dismal Ampullaria. Shell subglobose, minutely 

 narrowly umbilicated, whorls rounded, rather flat- 

 tened at the suture, rudely striated: olive-black; 

 aperture ovate, lip simple. 

 Uab. ? 



A dull rudely striated blackish-olive sjjecies, of the 

 simplest form. 



December, 1856. 



